Senior Water & Wastewater Design Engineer - Hybrid

Rare Bird Recruiting, LLC; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary year-end bonus

Hybrid work flexibility

Two offices to choose from

Job summary

Rare Bird Recruiting, LLC is seeking a Water Resources Design Engineer in New Jersey to anchor the technical bench in water and wastewater design. Location options include Parsippany or Sparta with a true hybrid schedule and real flexibility.

Base salary ranges from $120,000 to $150,000, plus a discretionary year-end bonus, depending on experience. The ideal candidate has 5–10 years of hands-on water/wastewater design, a PE license or close to obtaining it, and strong knowledge of NJDEP

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, or closely related field.
• 5-10 years of hands on water and wastewater design experience.
• PE license, or close enough that you will have it within roughly six to twelve months.
• Strong working knowledge of NJDEP regulations and permitting, plus the relevant federal standards: EPA, CWA, SDWA.
• AutoCAD, and the technical writing to produce reports and specifications that stand on their own.
• A genuine preference for staying technical.
• Strongly preferred: treatment plant and pumping station design. If your experience is weighted to one side, wastewater is the preferred side.
• Nice to have: experience with funding applications and the State Revolving Fund process, and with municipal and utility clients.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineering. Plan and design water and wastewater treatment facilities, pumping stations, storage facilities, and distribution and collection systems to AWWA, ASCE and NSF/ANSI standards and to the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.
• Feasibility and planning studies. Hydraulic, process and environmental evaluations under EPA and NJDEP guidelines, aimed at optimized, cost effective solutions.
• Technical documentation. Engineering calculations, reports, technical specifications, cost estimates and contract documents conforming to NJDEP regulations and NPDES permitting criteria.
• Regulatory coordination. Lead and support permitting: NJPDES permits, Treatment Works Approvals, and the Bureau of Water System Engineering.
• Site investigations. Field assessments and site inspections supporting both design and construction phase work.
• Cross disciplinary collaboration. Work with the structural, civil and MEP groups internally, and with vendors and subcontractors, to deliver integrated packages.
• Mentorship. Bring the junior engineering staff along on technical work, regulatory knowledge and design procedure.

Skills

Water resources design

Technical writing

Collaboration

Regulatory coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering

Professional Engineer license

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Rare Bird Recruiting, LLC is seeking a Water Resources Design Engineer in New Jersey to anchor the technical bench in water and wastewater design. Location options include Parsippany or Sparta with a true hybrid schedule and real flexibility.

Base salary ranges from $120,000 to $150,000, plus a discretionary year-end bonus, depending on experience. The ideal candidate has 5–10 years of hands-on water/wastewater design, a PE license or close to obtaining it, and strong knowledge of NJDEP